WILLISTON, North Dakota — Two people are dead after a head-on collision involving a pickup truck and a water tanker truck in Williams County.

The Highway Patrol says the two male victims were in the pickup, which was traveling east in the westbound lane of state Highway 1804. The crash happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. Thursday, about 20 miles east of Williston, and the pickup caught fire.

Authorities did not immediately identify the victims, who died at the scene.